TNT Commits to Murder in the First, Orders Taye Diggs-Fronted Whodunnit Drama to Series

TNT has handed out a 10-episode sentence to Murder in the First, a Stephen Bochco-produced drama series starring Private Practice‘s Taye Diggs and Boss‘ Kathleen Robertson.

Set in San Francisco, Murder — stop us if this sounds familiar — follows a single case across an entire season. Diggs and Robertson play homicide detectives Holder English (Diggs) and Linden Mulligan (Robertson) tasked with solving the mystery.

EXACTLY, it sounds like Bochco is trying to resurrect Murder One, which I’m ALL for, but not without Teddy (Daniel Benzali). And it was MUCH more interesting from the defense attorney’s side, but I’ll give this one a shot.

I was about 13 years old when Murder One aired and I had to sneak to watch it but I loved it. It was a very new concept, one murder mystery over the course of one season and I thought that it was brilliant. I’m definitely going to watch this, hopefully, it’s a credible replacement.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who was reminded of Murder One when reading this. I would argue Bochco is trying to recreate MO since it wasn’t really successful in its initial run. Maybe he’s thinking it will be more on trend now. Who knows. I generally like Bochco’s work, so I’ll give it a go. I think I might enjoy the pacing.